Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-17

GfeemwOOdss City Of the Dead.
WHERE NEARLY QUARTER OF MILLION BODIES
HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED.
New York Letter to Kansas City Star.
Imagine that you are In Greenwood Cemetery.
II Is big place OF about 600 acres, with % miles
OF carriage track, IS miles OF pathway, $4,000
burial lots, and 2A0 600 persons have been buried
mere since 1910. II Is beautiful place, you see;
naturally full OF gulches and knobs all Of which
nave been utilized to their fullest extent by time
ra,n; ana tne grassjust feel OF It's SOFT as green
plush Natural trees are supplemented by planted
navior, but you viii notice the fewest flowers you
ever saw In cemetery. It looks as though those
ouned In Greenwood disdained so ''cheap" an orna-
ment as MOWERS. See that purple hydrangea- First
you ever saw? Same with me- That pel tolls all day.
and tnat with the suggestive click OF the chisel,
the grind OF the carriage wheels are the sounds
when break the stiffness OF this vast city OF the
This huge receiving tomb is capable Of holding
1900 bodies. Beecher is lying in there now wait.
Ing for the completion OF the subscription list.
recently died Of a disease similar to that Which
carried on Grant Here Is monument erected
oy an Old sea captain fifteen years before his
got whose It is, but It was made by the prisoners
at Sing Sing, and is magnificent piece Of work.
manship. That Schermerhorn lot is on property
owned by the family before the cemetery was in
corporated. so with the large round lot below,
where the row OF headstones Is ranged. That was
When the church had to be moved the bodies were
collected in one spot, and three stones and this
monument erected to their memory.
. Here Is the most expensive and at the same time
the most Interesting monument on the grounds.
It Is that OF young lady who on her seventeenth
birthday, was thrown from her carriage and killed
while on her way to ball. In the monument Is
cut lffesized likeness OF the girl, representing
her just as she arrayed for the fatal festival
The lace, ribbons, flowers and jewels OF her cos
tune are faithfully reproduced in the alabaster at
cost OF $4,000 Here is monument and bronze
bust OF Horace Greeley, the pedestal representing
a rough plough, pen and scroll, and the young
Greeley at his printing case. There is the monu-
ment OF the Browns, bankers, six OF whom were
catastrophe. The firemen's monument is sur
mounted by figure OF fireman holding a little
child In his arms, and things connected with the
department are illustrated on its base. This
the f0ster-mOther OF Harry Howard, ex-chef eDgi-
neer OF the fire department., and represents her as
adopting him when saved from burning building
But the most unique thing in interment is that
OF nve maiden dieS-SisterS-whoSe ages ranged
from one hundred to one hundred and seventeen
years, and who all died within few years OF each
other The lot IN which they are buried is called
the 'Old Maids Plot" This tomb OF C. X. Garri-
son, ex-mayor OF San Francisco, is a beautiful
thing In Oriental design. This wonderful monu-
pluck. When young fellow he walked through
the streets OF New York wanting meal. Passing
by some new building, by some accident a hod-
carrier carrier fen on dead at his feet Hungry George
ment Is an object OF interest In any cemetery but
this OF Greenwood out-topS anything ever saw.
The huge spire is effective in black and gray.
Figures representing the four divisions Of the
army were cast of captured cannon. An unique
fence Is made OF guns with fixed bayonets A sad
sight Is this large circular lot In which are buried
Jos unrecognizable victims OF the Brooklyn Thea:
ter fire In 1875 Greenwood is great museum OF
mortality.